A twenty-year-old with little hope for the future discovers a shop that buys lifespan, time, and health. This is a story dealing with the ensuing consequences.
3 Volumes (Complete)






Similar to Summer Ghost, this manga deserves an anime adaptation especially a movie with similar style. There is honestly nothing quite beautiful as a short, well-developed, story oriented manga with little to no commotion. Anyone can enjoy this and I believe most of the people will who have a good taste for novels as this one is quite beautiful. Dealing with a sensitive subject like death, and also the meaningfulness of life is difficult, especially within less than twenty chapters or so but it has managed to do that and do that well.
This story tells us how we can make the best of the time we have been given on this earth and how we can find meaningfulness despite knowing that it will be short lived, and be happy and contented with that. Its very simple yet profound.There is romance and love that gives meaning but most importantly you yourself must love your being and acknowledge your significance; the story tells this beautifully.
I would love to see a movie adaptation <3
It's a great read and really leaves you thinking about the value of a person's life and time. I think the romance part is well written, despite some having problems with it.
Very entertaining and interesting to read, and I don't see how a "typical sloppy love story" is any less meaningful or enjoyable than a "thoughtful and reflective story", nor are they any less potent, unlike a certain somebody's opinion.
I don't have much to say, outside from just giving this one a read. It is really short, however, it also feels very eventful. I feel like not a single chapter is wasted, and every panel has its own purpose. In only 16 chapters span in merely 3 volumes, it is probably a better romance manga than most "romance manga" I have read that spend more than 200 chapters just to piss me off. It is rare for a manga get me to read it all in one sitting these days.
Not as good as I expected, I won't trust Garnt's recommendations any more.
Here is the one good thing about the story:
Here are the problems with this manga/story (minor spoilers):
the love relationship between main character and the monitor detracted from the hard realism and seriousness that is, in my opinion, the main good thing about the story. Most of the second half of the manga was about their relationship, which...it is ridiculous that a company would allow its employees to fall in love with their customers to begin with, especially a company with such advanced technology that allows to render employees magically invisible and extract people's lifespans. Also, there isn't really anything special about the main character, so the girl should have fallen for other guys already, so it's even less plausible that she falls so much in love with him and not anyone else.
the monitor lied to the main character for her own sake. That the main character continued to trust and like her after finding out that she lied to him boggles my mind and feels very unrealistic.
the monitor lied to the MC about major plot elements removes a major aspect that could have taken this manga in a different direction. Forcing the main character to reckon with reality and his mistakes in life could have been the role that the monitor played but because ! the monitor lied about major things that means that route was closed off for this manga.
All in all I'm very disappointed that what could have been a thoughtful and reflective story was turned into some typical soppy romance story. There was so much potential but it was all wasted.